Orban's Political Setback Weakens Key Support for Bosnia's Dodik

The political fallout from Viktor Orban’s electoral defeat in Hungary is reverberating far beyond the country's borders, hitting particularly hard in Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For Milorad Dodik, a longtime political heavyweight in Republika Srpska and a staunch nationalist, Orban’s loss represents the collapse of a critical external pillar of support. Over the past decade, the two leaders cultivated a close alliance based on ideological alignment, poli